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Monday, 1 August 2011

It’s not all about writing.

In Halifax, the town where I live, there is an IndustrialMuseum which was closed down about twelve years ago. We’re in the heart of the West Yorkshire woollen industry here, so there’s a lot of history about. Unfortunately, like most places these days, there’s not a lot of money about and the chances of the local authority reopening it are zilch.

So a few of us have got together to form a group to work on getting the museum open again. We’ve had a meeting with the director in charge of museums and he is open to the idea. He, and the council as a whole, recognise that there is a lot of support for reopening the museum and I think they're heartily glad to find someone willing to take it on. Tonight we’ve had a committee meeting to start working out all the numerous jobs and tasks we need to do.

It’s very exciting – not to mention daunting – but we’re up for it. If you live in or visit the area, and would like to see the museum reopened, either post a comment here or go into the Tourist Information Centre in the Piece Hall and tell them.

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Dee Weaver is Northumbrian, Aquarian, Pagan.
Her current passions (apart from reading and writing, obviously) are ghosts, English history, rock music, cats, Formula 1, and Jacobean embroidery.
In the summer of 2001 she started learning the craft of novel writing. Drawing on her varied experiences in veterinary medicine, interior design, and the occult, the result is THE WINTER HOUSE, a paranormal romance set in Lancashire, in the North West of England.
She now lives just over the Pennines, in Yorkshire with her partner and one feisty cat. Until recently she shared a house with two of the original Victorian residents. It was an amicable arrangement, and she was sorry to leave them behind when she moved out.